Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They reached the turn in level par , having birdied the 5th , where Stewart chipped to four feet , and bogeyed the ninth . |
| 2 | For more than twenty years , Rockwell 's work has been shown in the Norman Rockwell Museum , a small white clapboard house on the main street of picturesque Stockbridge , Massachusetts , where visitors grew from 5,000 people in 1969 to 160,000 today . |
| 3 | If Oswiu died on 15 February 670 , an interval will have occurred before Ecgfrith succeeded and , though an ex silentio argument is not conclusive , evidence for such an interval or interregnum is lacking . |
| 4 | If Mountbatten failed in one item on his agenda , however , he succeeded triumphantly in the other . |
| 5 | ‘ At the end of the day the politicians could decide not to give us it , and we 'd all look pretty silly if people pointed to 18 February and said ‘ but it was confirmed back then ’ . ’ |
| 6 | While he is speaking about child deaths , will he confirm that if vehicles travelled at 20 mph , only one child in 20 would be killed ? |
| 7 | If order 'd with 4 p r Of Handles & 20 Yds of Lace & c the Price is advanced in Proportion . |
| 8 | We had a lot of possession because Barnsley defended with 11 men at times . |
| 9 | They objected because Morton sent off three City players in the corresponding fixture last season . |
| 10 | However , since Llewellyn wrote in 1933 research has shown that lawyers do this work most and best for the haute bourgeoisie and the state which represents it . |
| 11 | With his ball unplayable , Faldo took a penalty drop before lurching to a six , while Norman chipped to three feet for his birdie four to go six under par . |
| 12 | While Milton grappled with two telephones hung from a sort of yoke around his neck and into which he alternately spoke in a staccato mixture of best Variety showbiz-patter , friends , clients and droppers-in gathered to laugh and gossip in his office while Milton imperviously went on with his wheeling and dealing . |
| 13 | Hastings reached 46 in his four Tests , surpassing Phil Bennett 's 44 for an individual Lion , while Fox went past 1,000 points in his 74th appearance for the All Blacks . |
| 14 | It had also successfully lobbied for a prestigious residential development under the Community Development Block Grant programme , although the sale prices far exceeded the borrowing capacity of the majority of local residents ( median income was less than $7,000 in 1980 , whilst unemployment stood at three times the city average ) . |
| 15 | Approximately 100 US soldiers , in Aden since mid-December under a bilateral agreement to provide facilities in support of " Operation Restore Hope " in Somalia [ see p. 39225 ] , were withdrawn on Dec. 31 after bombs exploded at two Aden hotels on Dec. 29 . |
| 16 | A few months before Jacques died on 17 July 1673 he attended the marriage of his only daughter , Marie Geneviève , who married the famed organist Claude Balbastre on 2 January 1763 . |
| 17 | Varadi and Pembridge both went close before Harford equalised after 12 minutes . |
| 18 | Dykstra started the season behind Billy Thomson in the pecking order at Fir Park , but even though the former Dundee United man was recalled for a game after Dykstra let in ten goals in three matches , the roles have now been reversed . |
| 19 | Jim was sitting in the middle of the back seat and on the edge but he did not utter , even when Patrick squeezed between two juggernauts with inches to spare . |
| 20 | Faced with a deficit of 522 , Boycott and Gatting fell in successive balls with the score on 2 ; , Gooch and Gower put on 120 , but when Gower went for 54 Gooch found little company . |
| 21 | BRENTFORD boss Phil Holder was left fuming as Tranmere came from two goals behind to claim a thrilling victory . |
| 22 | Celtic 's world , though , suddenly caved in as Borussia struck with two goals in the space of five minutes . |
| 23 | He went along to Diana 's breathing classes to prepare for the birth and was there by her side in the private Lindo Wing at St Mary 's Hospital in Paddington when William emerged after sixteen hours of labour . |
| 24 | When Toby came in five minutes later , Pumfrey said : |
| 25 | Woosnam failed from eight feet or less on four of the opening six holes , and it proved crucial as Ogle rattled in four birdies in a 69 before snatching the biggest win of his career . |
| 26 | When management spoke to two technicians inside about the dispute they joined the strike too . |
| 27 | At the next they were all square when Lyle missed from three feet . |
| 28 | Explore the underground installations , browse in the museum , stand by the guns and look out over the Channel as gunners did in two wars . |
| 29 | We said nothing after that , except to nod goodbye when Tom got off two stops ahead of me . |
| 30 | Bristol piled on fierce pressure and Middlesbrough paid for their lack of enterprise when Bristol equalised after 67 minutes . |